Growing up was hard, you had to do it fast.
Walking on eggshells, trying to keep quiet, just to please him.
Yelling and screaming back and forth is abuse of the worst kind.
It leaves no visible scars.
Driving you nuts, just waiting around for one last gulp.
Passed out anywhere, anyhow, i don't care.
Hush, hush. Be quiet. Please don't wake up the drunk.
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Posted: Apr 2015
About this poem:
I wrote this about my dad when I was a teenager. From the time I was 8 years old til I was 14 my mom worked 2nd shift and i had to take care of my younger brother and my dad because he was always drunk. When this was published my dad threw me out of the house and didn't speak to me for 4yrs. I forgave my dad and we are very close today.
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Obsessions run wild and free.
You never know who it will be.
Every day someone new.
Is it love or is it you?
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Posted: Apr 2015
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Our mother was taken suddenly in a tragic accident.
Our father at the wheel.
I struggled with emotions as I tried to hold it together for my family.
Waiting around for the detective to call.
It took a year before we heard those magic words, case closed.
Finally we could mourn the loss of our mother without wondering if we might lose our father too.
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Posted: Apr 2015
About this poem:
My father accidentally ran my mother over when i was 20 and my brother 18. As we waited for the case to be decided it tore our family apart. My mothers family was extremely upset that me and my brother stuck by our fathers side. After the case was closed we tried to mend fences and now can all sit in the same room and talk.
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